as in needles
a slender hollow instrument by which material is put into or taken from the body through the skin
the syringe the nurse was leveling at my arm looked to me to be at least 10 inches long
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needles
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As the needles slid in, the puppy, its tail unmoving, climbed onto the bed and squeezed in next to Delgado.—
Blake Nelson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026 -
For garden beds, experts recommend choosing organic mulches like bark, wood chips, pine needles, or compost.—
Nadia Hassani,
The Spruce,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Syringes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/syringes. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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